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Today, Haidas still enjoy the traditional seafood of our Haida Gwaii homeland.In spring and summer, Haida communities busily prepare salmon, halibut, herring roe on kelp, seaweed and other nutritious treats from the Pacific Ocean. Herring roe on kelp, called "k’aaw," is among the most highly valued foods in the Haida community. This specialty item is sought all over the world!

Razor clams are another delicacy prepared often in Haida kitchens. When the clam-digging season starts, the village of Old Massett empties, as truckloads of clam diggers head to Tow Hill. Whole families go to the beach for the day, clam digging and picnicking together.

Today, Haidas still enjoy the traditional seafood of our Haida Gwaii homeland.In spring and summer, Haida communities busily prepare salmon, halibut, herring roe on kelp, seaweed and other nutritious treats from the Pacific Ocean. Herring roe on kelp, called "k’aaw," is among the most highly valued foods in the Haida community. This specialty item is sought all over the world!

Razor clams are another delicacy prepared often in Haida kitchens. When the clam-digging season starts, the village of Old Massett empties, as truckloads of clam diggers head to Tow Hill. Whole families go to the beach for the day, clam digging and picnicking together.

"When I was a child, my uncle used to pay me five dollars for a day’s work of stomping in the sand to summon the clams, and picking up the clams that he dug. When we got home, I learned how to clean clams by watching my naanii (grandmother), mom and aunts."-Lucille Bell, Tsiij Giitanay Eagle, Clan, 1997.

"When I was a child, my uncle used to pay me five dollars for a day’s work of stomping in the sand to summon the clams, and picking up the clams that he dug. When we got home, I learned how to clean clams by watching my naanii (grandmother), mom and aunts."-Lucille Bell, Tsiij Giitanay Eagle, Clan, 1997.

Food has always been at the centre of Haida social life. When families gather together to harvest food, it’s a happy time. Ernie Collison describes the old people as "...always laughing and teasing each other and having a lot of fun. Part of the enjoyment came from the food we gathered from the waters and the land."-Ernie Collison, Tsiij Giitanay, Eagle Clan, 1993.

A family who gives away traditional foods is considered wealthy and generous."The Haida people really like to share. That is the way I know my people are."-Ethel Jones, elder of the Kuun Laanaas Raven Clan, 1993.

Food has always been at the centre of Haida social life. When families gather together to harvest food, it’s a happy time. Ernie Collison describes the old people as "...always laughing and teasing each other and having a lot of fun. Part of the enjoyment came from the food we gathered from the waters and the land."-Ernie Collison, Tsiij Giitanay, Eagle Clan, 1993.

A family who gives away traditional foods is considered wealthy and generous."The Haida people really like to share. That is the way I know my people are."-Ethel Jones, elder of the Kuun Laanaas Raven Clan, 1993.